They shouldn't be in prisons to provide a real pathway to legalization into citizenship for immigrants in this community and to end for profit prisons to end for profit immigration detention. Because as the Congressman noted, There have been people that against the law have been kept not just over 20 days, which is the law, but have been kept for months. And isn't it sick that somebody makes money off of it? So I think the last thing I'll say is just to people watching, especially to parents watching, imagine that … (40:26–40:34)
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Asserts that detainees have been held for months, violating the 20-day legal limit.
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